An
NYPD confidential informant learned of the threat on Friday evening —
three days after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict
Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Cop
union confirmed the threat late Saturday and were ordering all police
officers, on duty and off, to take extra precautions.

Stephanie Keith for New York Daily NewsNYPD
cops have been warned to take extra precautions after the department
learned a militant group is planning to shoot on-duty officers.

A tattooed gang of militants declared open season on the NYPD in the
wake of the Eric Garner grand jury decision, according to a threat a
police union verified Saturday.
Ten Black Guerrilla Family members are “preparing to shoot on duty
police officers,” Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins
said.
The gang, formed in the 1960s in the California prison system, recently
surfaced on the East Coast and Maryland, where members are at the heart
of a drug-trafficking and corruption probe within the Baltimore prison
system.
Members swear allegiance for life and sport “BGF” tattoos, as well as
ink depicting a dragon surrounding a prison tower, according to
gangs.org.

New York Daily NewsLetter being disseminated to policemen in the NYPD after learning of a possible threat from the Black Guerilla Family.

An undercover NYPD cop learned of the hit put out on officers Friday
evening — three days after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to
indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner’s death. Mullins confirmed late
Saturday night that the gang was gunning for officers.
Union leaders ordered all officers, on duty and off, to take extra precautions.
“Please WEAR your VESTS and carry your firearm off-duty along with
additional magazines,” Mullins said in an alert. “Your priority is to
go home at the end of your tour!”

Gary He for New York Daily NewsSergeants
Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins (center) said he does not
believe the threat is directly related to the Eric Garner decision.

Mullins does not believe the threat is directly related to the Garner decision.
“I think it’s related to the whole atmosphere,” he said. “Who knows if
there’s a lone wolf out there or a small group that wants to do
something.”